[Elscimar]

Can you look in the event log for more information about what's going on? It should have written an entry when Media Center failed to start with some more information on what blocked it.

[dreamdx]

Nothing gets logged over here when i try to start it.

I also tried the ProcessMonitor to check for some Policies restrictions etc but havent really found anything.

Also tried setting ALLOW MEDIA CENTER via computerdefaults.exe. NOTHING

This post has been edited by dreamdx: 01 August 2008 - 04:20 PM

[dbradtbe]

Not sure if it is related or may help but someone I was talking to the other day said that they where having a problem with a package they where deploying which had the same guid as an existing package and the error they got sounded very much like this error. Don't know if it will help but maybe someone can look to see if their is a guid issue for Media Center and something else that exists in Server 2008

[pinarek]

Im hav some Problem we here:

Quote

If you run Windows Media Center you will get this error:
Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy.
For more information contact your system administrator.
If somebody find a solution, let me know.

Hav anyone a Solution found for this problem ?

[klobster]

Time2End, on Jun 9 2008, 02:54 PM, said:

To take a closer look at what is going on, I use Process Monitor from Microsoft and it show me that enshell.exe cannot find HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\App Management and HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\App Management. I take a look at a vista but it doesn't have that key either.

what does it say in the event viewer (specifically).

[m.savazzi]

I have a lot of error when I run it on the 64bit os.

Have anyone updated the zip (bat & reg),

Thanks
m

issues found so far:
X86 part of directory to be renamed in amd64
GAC_32 must be renamed in GAC_64 and 2 items are present both in GAC_32 and GAC_64
usbcir.inf_8be273a0 does not exist on my system

Under \Windows\winsxs\

msil_ehepg_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_d96c76b2d1fd5d49\
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehepg_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16724_none_d9ab5d3ed1ce7791
msil_ehepg_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.20889_none_d9f91bf3eb183db4
msil_ehepg_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_dba338aecee86e1d

msil_ehepgdat_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_891a23c51d7449c2
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehepgdat_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_8b50e5c11a5f5a96

msil_ehexthost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_bcb1f368c1ecc094
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehexthost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16724_none_bcf0d9f4c1bddadc
msil_ehexthost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.20889_none_bd3e98a9db07a0ff
msil_ehexthost_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_bee8b564bed7d168

msil_ehiextens_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_fb94fa4d09f21e89
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehiextens_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16724_none_fbd3e0d909c338d1
msil_ehiextens_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.20889_none_fc219f8e230cfef4
msil_ehiextens_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_fdcbbc4906dd2f5d

msil_ehiproxy_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_8fbee12d7f0f6784
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehiproxy_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_91f5a3297bfa7858

msil_ehireplay_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_bac1a0be54ce00fb
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehireplay_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_bcf862ba51b911cf

msil_ehividctl_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_e6b7724a890d2918
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehividctl_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_e8ee344685f839ec

msil_ehiwmp_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_4f290742f9f890d6
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehiwmp_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_515fc93ef6e3a1aa

msil_ehrecobj_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_88aa941c4b48348e
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehrecobj_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_88aa941c4b48348e

msil_ehshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_895f91f344b0eb9b
does not exist. I have:
msil_ehshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16724_none_899e787f448205e3
msil_ehshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.20889_none_89ec37345dcbcc06
msil_ehshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_8b9653ef419bfc6f
msil_ehshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18115_none_8b90875b419f943a
msil_ehshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.22237_none_8c0684e25acb9e94

msil_mcstore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_c361de5440e8caef
does not exist. I have:
msil_mcstore_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_c598a0503dd3dbc3

etc...
the question is:
which version I have to copy?

and consequently all the reg keys are different.

This post has been edited by m.savazzi: 28 December 2008 - 02:57 PM

[tcjani]

I was trying to get wintv running on server 2008 using the bdaserver/reghacks from this forum.

Then I insttalled the win 7 64 bit beta - and wanted to crry. It reognized my HVR-1600 card, and the motorola setup. got ir working. the only bug is the waraning that shows up saying you can't record the broadcast.

so I ran through the BDAserver instructions on the win7 partitio. there were 2 sysWOW64 files missing, but i just copied the 32 bit versions over to the sysWOW64 folder.
all said and done, I can see tv. but media center is sooo preety.
thanks to all the folks who are making life interesting.

Hopefully someone can extract the necessary files from the beta, and get the full monty running under Server.

[deltatux]

Time2End, on Jun 9 2008, 05:02 PM, said:

We finally got Windows Media Center install on Windows Server 2008 but a last minute show-stopper bug emerge due to software restriction policy. If you would like to help complete the product you can download it here: http://www.msfn.org/...e-MCE-Stuff.zip

1. run MCE from Vista.bat on Vista
2. copy C:\MCE from vista to C:\MCE in server 2008
3. run MCE to Server 2008.bat (or you can copy all files in C:\MCE to C:\)
4. run Media Center - Add.reg

If you run Windows Media Center you will get this error: Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information contact your system administrator.


If somebody find a solution, let me know.

Do I just run the file or do I need the Vista DVD or what-not ... there's no readme at all!

Thanks,
deltatux

[deltatux]

deltatux, on Jan 14 2009, 02:07 AM, said:

Time2End, on Jun 9 2008, 05:02 PM, said:

We finally got Windows Media Center install on Windows Server 2008 but a last minute show-stopper bug emerge due to software restriction policy. If you would like to help complete the product you can download it here: http://www.msfn.org/...e-MCE-Stuff.zip

1. run MCE from Vista.bat on Vista
2. copy C:\MCE from vista to C:\MCE in server 2008
3. run MCE to Server 2008.bat (or you can copy all files in C:\MCE to C:\)
4. run Media Center - Add.reg

If you run Windows Media Center you will get this error: Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information contact your system administrator.


If somebody find a solution, let me know.

Do I just run the file or do I need the Vista DVD or what-not ... there's no readme at all!

Thanks,
deltatux

Alright, I figured out how to use the batch script. However, it's an x86 copy and it's quite useless on a 64-bit processor. I tried changing it to amd64 but apparently it isn't that simple. Can someone please make a 64-bit version of the batch script?

Thanks,
deltatux

[tim427]

Any news about running Vista Media Center on Server 2008?

[shahed26]

I had Vista Media Center working like a charm on my Server 2008 x64 (64 bit).
I had to fiddle with many registry settings, to get it to work. The answer to the problem "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy" is BDA files. (i think, cant seem to remember properly..lol)

Funny i just re-installed my server, and lost Media Center, and dont have the time to write or create a batch file for it. But i will try my best to write a bat file to install Media Center on server.
If i do get the time to write the bat file to install media center on server 2008 x64, unfortunately its going to be only x64. I DONT use x86 OS anymore, because of my 8gb ram.

If anyone is willing to give it another try to get Media center working on server, then make sure you install my BDA pack as well.
BDA (Tv Tuner support for server 2008)

This post has been edited by shahed26: 02 March 2009 - 09:44 PM

[tim427]

shahed26, on Mar 3 2009, 04:39 AM, said:

I had Vista Media Center working like a charm on my Server 2008 x64 (64 bit).
I had to fiddle with many registry settings, to get it to work. The answer to the problem "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy" is BDA files. (i think, cant seem to remember properly..lol)

Funny i just re-installed my server, and lost Media Center, and dont have the time to write or create a batch file for it. But i will try my best to write a bat file to install Media Center on server.
If i do get the time to write the bat file to install media center on server 2008 x64, unfortunately its going to be only x64. I DONT use x86 OS anymore, because of my 8gb ram.

If anyone is willing to give it another try to get Media center working on server, then make sure you install my BDA pack as well.
BDA (Tv Tuner support for server 2008)

It would be nice if you can post a batch-script

Or a sort of howto...

I'm running x64 vesrion only too. Because all my machines have at least 4 gb of ram.

[purkleturkle]

shahed26, on Mar 3 2009, 04:39 AM, said:

I had Vista Media Center working like a charm on my Server 2008 x64 (64 bit).
I had to fiddle with many registry settings, to get it to work. The answer to the problem "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy" is BDA files. (i think, cant seem to remember properly..lol)

Funny i just re-installed my server, and lost Media Center, and dont have the time to write or create a batch file for it. But i will try my best to write a bat file to install Media Center on server.
If i do get the time to write the bat file to install media center on server 2008 x64, unfortunately its going to be only x64. I DONT use x86 OS anymore, because of my 8gb ram.

If anyone is willing to give it another try to get Media center working on server, then make sure you install my BDA pack as well.
BDA (Tv Tuner support for server 2008)

Shahed26 Tried installing BDA pack - still no joy! I am on Server 2008 x64 Standard. Tried eveything on using this very long post and lots of other posts on the net. Still getting the ..

"Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restiction policy"

Anyone have any other ideas?